Wednesday, January 21, 2015

31 Days to Clean (via sarahmae.com)

If you are like me (and, apparently, Sarah Mae), you would rather do anything but clean. As I experience a great measure of peace in a clean home, I do clean on a regular basis, but that does not mean I like it. My problem, I find, is that once I start, I have a tough time stopping. It's the A.D.D. in me. I start sweeping the floor, then figure I should mop. Once I'm done with that, the windows look dirty, so I start in on those. While I'm washing them, I notice the dirty trim around the windows and wipe those down. Of course, I then notice the dirty walls…you get the idea. All the while, I am supposed to be helping my children with school, making supper, or some other such necessary motherly duty. Truthfully, I often rope my kids into the whole escapade, which they just rejoice over - as you can imagine.

Anyway, I saw that Sarah Mae was going to do this 31 Days to Clean thing and it intrigued me. I ordered the book (Kindle edition) for .99 on Monday, but you don't need to do that. You can just follow her daily blog posts. I love the fact that she breaks it down to a job or two a day. Definitely do-able.

Today, was not a job I love. In fact, it is my least favorite of cleaning-jobs. It took me a while because I am an over-achiever and if I am going to do a job, it needs to be done right. But, now that it's done, I am so glad that it's out of the way…and clean. And, yes, I had to resist the urge to continue cleaning everything in the immediate vicinity. My challenge this month is to stay on task and stick to the assignment so I don't become overwhelmed.

To find out what my least favorite, most detested cleaning job is (that I did, indeed, complete today), head on over to Sarah Mae's blog. Maybe it's your least favorite, too. Do what I did…turn up the music and get 'er done!

NOTE: To start at the beginning of 31 Days to Clean (we're only 2 days in) click on the second link in post. For today's assignment, click on the first and last.